Chapter Summaries

Xiao Jie defeated increasingly powerful puppets and passed Great Saint Wandering Dragon’s inheritance trial by fighting its guardian, a Dou Venerate. The guardian gave Xiao Jie three jade boxes containing the Sect Master’s cultivation methods and Dou Techniques, along with an Inheritance Crystal and the secret realm’s control token.

• Xiao Jie defeated a Five-Star Dou Zong puppet and then destroyed a Seven-Star Dou Zong puppet with his Heaven-Burning Fist.
• Xiao Jie raised his cultivation to Eight-Star Dou Zong and burned a Peak Dou Zong puppet to nothing with the Five-Wheel Fire-Separation Array.
• A white-haired elder appeared and told Xiao Jie that he had to withstand three moves to receive Great Saint Wandering Dragon’s inheritance.
• Xiao Jie trapped the elder in the Five-Wheel Fire-Separation Array and pierced his barrier with a hidden Void-Breaking Finger, passing the trial.
• The elder gave Xiao Jie three jade boxes of the Sect Master’s techniques, an Inheritance Crystal, and the token controlling the secret realm.

After leaving the ancient inheritance trial, Xiao Jie hid that he had obtained the inheritance and prepared for trouble from Elder Mu Gu. Elder Mu Gu confronted him and attacked alongside Shi Kuang, leaving Xiao Jie facing two Dou Venerates.

• Xiao Jie returned to the square and claimed he had spent his time fighting a Peak Dou Zong puppet, concealing whether he had obtained the inheritance.
• Xiao Jie sent Hai Bodong and the others into the trial first, then waited with Zi Yan and Hua Yuwei while guarding against Elder Mu Gu.
• After the next test ended, Sikong Lin and Earth Demon Old Ghost entered the trial, while Venerable Fang and the Luo Family prepared to explore elsewhere.
• Elder Mu Gu accused Xiao Jie of obtaining the inheritance and demanded he hand it over, but Xiao Jie told him to retrieve it himself.
• Elder Mu Gu threatened Venerable Fang with the Soul Hall's power, and Venerable Fang reluctantly backed down.
• Elder Mu Gu and Shi Kuang attacked Xiao Jie together before Venerable Fang could leave.

Xiao Jie used the Seven-Star Primordial Technique to raise his cultivation to Four-Star Dou Venerate and killed Shi Kuang, though the power strained his body. He then attacked Elder Mu Gu, trapping him in the Five-Wheel Fire-Separation Array as the battle continued.

• Xiao Jie summoned the Heavenly Demon Puppet to hold back Elder Mu Gu while Hai Bodong and the others confronted two Dou Zongs.
• Xiao Jie activated the Heavenly Fire Three-Mysterious Transformation and fought Shi Kuang inside the Five-Wheel Fire-Separation Array.
• Xiao Jie activated the Fifth Star of the Seven-Star Primordial Technique, reached Four-Star Dou Venerate, and killed Shi Kuang with the Void-Breaking Finger.
• Xiao Jie extracted and sealed Shi Kuang's soul, then rushed to attack Elder Mu Gu.
• Xiao Jie used the Five-Wheel Fire-Separation Array to trap Elder Mu Gu and sent five streams of flame energy at him.

Xiao Jie killed Elder Mu Gu and the two Soul Hall Protectors in the secret realm, then took Zi Yan and Hua Yuwei to the Ten Thousand Year Herb Garden. After suffering severe backlash from his secret techniques, he recovered enough to visit Senior Bi Ji with them.

• Elder Mu Gu boosted his strength with a pill and attacked Xiao Jie, but Xiao Jie broke through his defenses and burned him to death inside the Five-Wheel Fire-Separation Array.
• Xiao Jie killed Protector Xuan and the other Soul Hall Protector, collected their souls and corpses, and told the others to continue exploring before returning to the sect.
• Xiao Jie took Zi Yan and Hua Yuwei to the Ten Thousand Year Herb Garden, where his power collapsed and the backlash from his secret techniques left him badly injured.
• Xiao Jie swallowed a Sixth-grade Vitality Pill and told Zi Yan and Hua Yuwei they would gather herbs for a month before leaving.
• Xiao Jie, Zi Yan, and Hua Yuwei went to Senior Bi Ji's courtyard, where a voice invited them inside and the gate opened.

Xiao Jie examined the inheritance and the treasures taken from Elder Mu Gu and Shi Kuang while recovering from the Seven-Star Primordial Technique’s backlash. A Life Simulation revealed future events and led him to choose a Bodhi Seed; he then prepared to gather rare medicinal ingredients with Zi Yan and Hua Yuwei.

• Xiao Jie told Bi Ji that he had obtained the inheritance and formation token, and planned to stay for a month to absorb the inheritance and gather medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Jie examined the Great Vast Wandering Dragon Palm, Void Wandering Dragon Step, and Supreme Origin-Suppressing Scripture, but put them away until he could cultivate them.
• Xiao Jie unlocked Elder Mu Gu’s and Shi Kuang’s Storage Rings and transferred their valuable pills, recipes, techniques, and other treasures into the Crimson Flame Ring.
• Xiao Jie ran a Life Simulation that forecast Shi Tian’s arrival, his later journey to the Central Plains, and his death after becoming lost in a Dou Di’s will.
• Xiao Jie selected and stored the Bodhi Seed, then headed to the pavilion to take Zi Yan and Hua Yuwei to collect ten-thousand-year medicinal ingredients.

Xiao Jie explored the island’s abundant medicinal herbs with Hua Yuwei and Zi Yan, then returned to his room to examine the Inheritance Crystal. He infused it with soul power, beginning to uncover what it contained.

• Xiao Jie told Hua Yuwei that the Seven-Star Primordial Technique’s backlash had weakened his cultivation and that he would need a month to recover.
• Xiao Jie and Hua Yuwei found Zi Yan, who had caught a Ten-Thousand-Year Dragon Blood Ginseng, and Xiao Jie agreed to refine pills for her.
• Xiao Jie gave Hua Yuwei a list of herbs to gather, and the three collected ingredients for Tier 7 and Tier 8 Pills.
• Xiao Jie returned to his room with numerous sets of medicinal ingredients and sent his soul power into the Inheritance Crystal.

After absorbing the Inheritance Crystal, Xiao Jie used the Simulator to discover that the Bodhi Ancient Tree could help him create a new path of formations. He consumed the Illusion Spirit Blood Essence Grass and broke through to the Spirit Realm, while Zi Yan and Hua Yuwei watched over him.

• Xiao Jie finished absorbing the Inheritance Crystal and learned about the Zhenyuan Sect, Great Saint Wandering Dragon's insights, and the inheritance of formations.
• Xiao Jie started a Life Simulation and discovered that the Bodhi Ancient Tree helped him revolutionize formations, though his soul ultimately dissipated after he lost himself to a Dou Di's will.
• Xiao Jie chose the Ten-Thousand-Year Nine-Colored Lotus from the Simulator and stored it away.
• Xiao Jie refined and consumed the Illusion Spirit Blood Essence Grass, breaking through the barrier to reach the Spirit Realm.
• Zi Yan asked Bi Ji whether Xiao Jie was all right, and Bi Ji reassured her that his soul realm had broken through.

Xiao Jie chose Formation Memory from his simulation and innovated the Formation Dao, causing a golden pillar of light that drew the attention of the Dou Qi Continent’s strongest clans. The Simulator absorbed the World Will’s bestowed fortune and began removing its influence from Xiao Jie.

• Xiao Jie chose Formation Memory over Volcanic Stone Flame and Formation Talent, then absorbed the memories of his new Formation Dao.
• A golden pillar of light descended, and experts across the continent recognized it as a sign that someone had innovated in a certain path.
• Zi Yan and Hua Yuwei asked Bi Ji about the phenomenon, while Bi Ji suspected it was a good sign connected to Xiao Jie.
• Hun Tiandi ordered the Soul Clan to investigate and seize the innovator, and Gu Yuan sent someone to notify the young lady and investigate the pillar.
• Xiao Jie learned that the Simulator had absorbed enough fortune to eliminate the World Will’s influence and asked it to begin removing it.

Xiao Jie recovered from the secret technique’s backlash and used the knowledge gained through Life Simulation to develop a powerful new path of formations. He prepared to leave the secret realm after gathering medicinal ingredients, with Zi Yan, Hua Yuwei, and Bi Ji ready to go with him.

• Xiao Jie learned that the Origin Fortune baptism had removed the backlash and that the Simulator could use his remaining Origin Fortune to improve Life Simulation results.
• Xiao Jie practiced the new formations, casting a Sound-Isolation Array and inscribing a Rank Two Fireball Array into a magical core.
• Xiao Jie left seclusion and gave Zi Yan a Storage Ring filled with pills.
• Xiao Jie told Hua Yuwei that his cultivation had recovered and told Bi Ji they would leave the secret realm in the next couple of days.
• Xiao Jie asked Hua Yuwei to help gather medicinal ingredients from the garden before they departed.

Xiao Jie announced that he would take the Fallen Heart Flame from Jia Nan Academy and asked his allies to stockpile monster cores for a future purpose. Zi Yan fled after he refused to abandon his plan, while Xiao Jie prepared to travel to the academy the next day.

• The Burning Heaven Sect leaders reported that Xiao Jie's reputation had spread after he killed two Dou Venerate experts, and Xiao Jie said he still needed to obtain the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost, Sikong Lin, and the other leaders pledged to help Xiao Jie, but Zi Yan begged him not to attack Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Jie refused to give up the flame, so Zi Yan escaped through a spatial passage and Bi Ji pursued her.
• Xiao Jie instructed the leaders to stockpile monster cores, especially those below Rank Five, and told them to accompany him to Jia Nan Academy the next day.
• Hua Yuwei expressed concern for Zi Yan, then declined the pills Xiao Jie offered her and left.

Xiao Jie led a powerful force to Jia Nan Academy and demanded its Fallen Heart Flame, defeating Qian and Bai Elders when they resisted. After agreeing to leave the academy another Heavenly Flame, he entered the Heaven-Burning Qi-Refining Tower and confronted the Fallen Heart Flame.

• Xiao Jie arrived at Jia Nan Academy with numerous powerful allies and demanded that Qian and Bai Elders hand over the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Qian and Bai Elders attacked Xiao Jie, but he trapped Elder Qian in the Three Talents Heavenly Fire Array and struck Elder Bai down.
• Xiao Jie overpowered Elder Bai, who agreed to give him the Fallen Heart Flame, and Xiao Jie released Elder Qian.
• Xiao Jie promised Zi Yan and Elder Bai that Jia Nan Academy would keep one of the two Heavenly Flames beneath the tower.
• Xiao Jie entered the Heaven-Burning Qi-Refining Tower, where the Fallen Heart Flame appeared as a giant invisible serpent and regarded him fearfully.

Xiao Jie defeated the Fallen Heart Flame’s giant python form and claimed its Origin Flame Seed, then followed its guidance through the magma to locate a juvenile Fallen Heart Flame. Just as he found it within a glowing halo around a skeleton, a scorching gale suddenly attacked him.

• Xiao Jie overwhelmed the invisible fire python with the Green Lotus Mystic Yellow Flame and pulled the Fallen Heart Flame’s Origin Flame Seed from its body.
• Xiao Jie searched the underground magma for the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame but found no trace of it at first.
• Xiao Jie plunged into the magma and used the captured Fallen Heart Flame to guide him deeper.
• Xiao Jie discovered the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame floating near a glowing skeleton inside a transparent halo.
• An eerie scorching gale struck toward Xiao Jie as he relaxed after finding the juvenile flame.

Xiao Jie killed a Flame Lizard in the magma world and met the soul of Skyfire Venerate, the former owner of the Fallen Heart Flame. Skyfire Venerate offered to give him the Juvenile Fallen Heart Flame in exchange for a favor, and Xiao Jie anticipated that the request would suit his own plans.

• Xiao Jie killed a Three-Star Dou Zong Flame Lizard and took the energy bead from its body.
• Xiao Jie called out the glowing skeleton, which revealed itself as the illusory figure of Skyfire Venerate.
• Skyfire Venerate tried to summon the Fallen Heart Flame, but Xiao Jie overwhelmed him with his soul power and made him stop.
• Skyfire Venerate explained that he had released the Fallen Heart Flame before his death and agreed not to compete with Xiao Jie for it.
• Xiao Jie introduced himself and asked Skyfire Venerate for the Juvenile Fallen Heart Flame, and Skyfire Venerate offered it in exchange for a favor.
• Skyfire Venerate inferred that Xiao Jie was a Seventh-grade Alchemist, while Xiao Jie considered recruiting him to guard the area.

Xiao Jie returned from the underground magma world with the Sea Heart Flame, two Fallen Heart Flames, and the secret realm inheritance, while bringing Skyfire Venerate along in a jade bottle. After giving Jia Nan Academy one Fallen Heart Flame, he began refining the other in the Burning Heaven Sect.

• Xiao Jie admitted he was an eighth-grade alchemist, refused to negotiate with Skyfire Venerate, and drew Skyfire Venerate's soul into a jade bottle before leaving the magma world.
• Xiao Jie emerged from the Heaven-Burning Qi-Refining Tower carrying both Fallen Heart Flames, and Zi Yan rushed to embrace him.
• Xiao Jie handed one Juvenile Fallen Heart Flame to Qian and Bai Elders, keeping the other for himself.
• Xiao Jie left with the others, and Sikong Lin led the group back toward the Burning Heaven Sect.
• Xiao Jie swallowed an Earth Spirit Pill and the Fallen Heart Flame's Origin Flame Seed, then began refining it with the Burning Mantra.

Xiao Jie completed his seclusion and used the Fallen Heart Flame’s energy to reach Six-star Dou Zong and Spirit Realm Mid-stage. As the Lion Underworld Sect arrived to avenge Shi Tian’s younger brother, Xiao Jie sensed their three Dou Venerates while the Burning Heaven Sect prepared to stall them.

• Hai Bodong and Earth Demon Old Ghost discussed the Lion Underworld Sect’s approaching attack and prepared the Burning Heaven Sect’s forces for battle.
• Hai Bodong learned that some sect members had resisted the summons and said Xiao Jie would decide their punishment.
• Shi Tian’s group arrived and demanded that the person who killed his younger brother come out to die.
• Xiao Jie broke through to Six-star Dou Zong and Spirit Realm Mid-stage after receiving the Fallen Heart Flame’s refined energy.
• Xiao Jie sensed three Dou Venerates nearby, including one at the peak of Six-star, and identified them as likely members of the Lion Underworld Sect.

Xiao Jie confronted Shi Tian and the Lion Underworld Sect after Shi Tian came seeking revenge for his brother. As their forces clashed, Xiao Jie trapped two Dou Venerates in the Four Symbols Heavenly Fire Array, where one was quickly overwhelmed.

• Earth Demon Old Ghost tried to stall Shi Tian, but Shi Tian sensed a Spirit-Realm soul force and demanded that its owner reveal himself.
• Xiao Jie appeared and faced Shi Tian, who attacked him; Xiao Jie revealed his One-star Dou Venerate strength and traded blows with him.
• Shi Tian ordered his men to kill everyone else, while Xiao Jie sent his puppets and allies to fight the Lion Underworld Sect's Dou Zongs.
• Xiao Jie trapped the sect's two Dou Venerates in his Four Symbols Heavenly Fire Array, then exchanged attacks with Shi Tian.
• The Transparent Fire Python pierced one of the trapped Dou Venerates, and Shi Tian was shocked as the man began to die.

Xiao Jie’s formation destroyed the Lion Underworld Sect’s attackers, and Bi Ji stopped Shi Tian’s Heaven Tier Dou Technique with ease. The battle ended with the sect victorious, and Xiao Jie returned with Zi Yan.

• Shi Tian’s attack failed to break the Four Symbols Array, and the formation burned one Dou Venerate to nothingness.
• Xiao Jie refused Shi Tian’s demand to release the remaining captive and intensified the formation’s attacks.
• Shi Tian unleashed Heavenly Extreme Lion Star Burst, but Bi Ji trapped him and his technique in Jade Water Heavenly Prison, making his aura vanish.
• The Heavenly Demon Puppet killed the Lion Underworld Sect’s Dou Zongs, while the formation destroyed its remaining Dou Venerate.
• Xiao Jie dismissed the formation and puppets, left the aftermath to Yan Sheng and Yao Da, and returned with Zi Yan.

Xiao Jie secured the Black-Corner Region’s secrecy and promised its forces access to most of the secret-realm techniques, then negotiated a ten-year service agreement with Skyfire Venerate in exchange for restoring his body. After Skyfire Venerate gave him the Five Wheel Fire Controlling Method, Xiao Jie began a new life simulation.

• Xiao Jie ordered Yan Sheng and the others to keep Elder Mu Gu’s death and the secret-realm battle secret, and offered the gathered forces access to the recovered cultivation techniques and fighting skills.
• Xiao Jie learned that Kui Shan had returned to the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, then dismissed the gathering and gave Zi Yan several hundred bottles of pills before going to meet Skyfire Venerate.
• Xiao Jie released Skyfire Venerate from the jade bottle and proposed forging him a new body in exchange for ten years of service; Skyfire Venerate eagerly accepted.
• Skyfire Venerate gave Xiao Jie the Five Wheel Fire Controlling Method and returned to the Storage Ring to recover his soul power.
• Xiao Jie summoned the Simulator and began a Life Simulation with three attempts available.

After the simulation ended, Xiao Jie used Origin Power to obtain a Bodhi Foundation Pill and consumed it, greatly improving his comprehension and potential. He reconsidered founding the Burning Heaven Array Sect after the simulation showed how the Seven Ancient Clans and powerful experts would target him.

• Xiao Jie used Origin Power to improve the simulation rewards and saw a Ninth Grade Golden Pill, Bodhi Foundation Pill, Spatial Talent, and Formation Talent among the options.
• Xiao Jie chose the Bodhi Foundation Pill, and the simulator erased its intelligence before it appeared in his hand.
• Xiao Jie swallowed the pill and gained clearer thoughts, improved comprehension, stronger meridians, and the potential to advance without bottlenecks before Dou Di.
• Xiao Jie recalled that the simulation had ended with Mang Tianchi taking him away and the Soul Hall's Great Heavenly Venerate pursuing him, ultimately forcing him into spatial turbulence.
• Xiao Jie decided to abandon his plan to move the Burning Heaven Array Sect to Black-Emperor City because his current strength could not protect him from the Seven Ancient Clans.

Xiao Jie decided to disband the Burning Heaven Sect and send its members away to avoid retaliation from a Central Plains faction protected by a Dou Saint. After making preparations to leave the Black-Corner Region, he planned to return to the Jia Ma Empire.

• Xiao Jie summoned the leaders of the Burning Heaven Sect and allied factions and announced that the sect would be disbanded.
• When Yan Sheng and Yao Da objected, Xiao Jie explained that the faction whose Dou Venerate he killed was protected by a Dou Saint and would likely come after them.
• Xiao Jie ordered the Burning Heaven Sect to relocate within three days and told the other factions to sever ties with him and leave the Black-Corner Region for several years.
• Hai Bodong asked about Xiao Jie's next move, and Xiao Jie said he would return to the Jia Ma Empire before seeking a place to grow stronger.
• Hua Yuwei asked whether Xiao Jie would return, but he gave her a vague answer and kept his distance.